HIGHLIGHTS
- Tidy MGB GT restored a few years ago
- Desirable Webasto sunroof
- Tax, MOT and ULEZ exempt
- Minilite-style alloys and velour upholstery
THE APPEAL
The MGB is Britain’s archetypal classic car, and for a very good reason. With around 25,000 survivors, it’s both an easy and effortless classic to own, with an industry built up around its survival and a thriving owners’ scene.
Introduced in 1962, it instantly became the most popular British sports car, enjoying an incredible production run of 19 years thanks to its Italianate good looks and its simple, easy-to-maintain engineering.
The fixed-roof MGB GT came three years after the hatch and sported a ground-breaking “greenhouse” rear end, designed by Pininfarina. With its side-hinged rear window and flat-folding 2+2 seat, it offered surprisingly useful amounts of luggage space yet maintained the B Roadster’s sporty driving characteristics.
This example is one of the last ‘chrome-bumper’ models finished in the rich and smart colour scheme of Damask Red. It has the added benefit of a full-length Webasto sunroof and is a very smart and well-presented car that’s ready to use and enjoy.
THE HISTORY AND PAPERWORK
- UK V5C
- Tax, ULEZ and MOT exempt
- Restored a few years ago
- Recent invoices for mechanical and cosmetic repairs
- First registered in June 1974
- Exported to Northern Ireland then reimported, so V5C shows only one UK owner
THE INTERIOR
- Desirable ribbed velour trim
- Mota-Lita three-spoke sports steering wheel
- Stainless steel MGB kickplates
- Aftermarket wooden gearknob
- Black painted dash with rev counter and four-dial dash
- Spare wheel and tool kit
- Webasto roof
- Excellent overall order – very good seat facings, door cards and carpets, with no excessive wear or obvious faults
THE EXTERIOR
- Restored and repainted in Damask Red
- Very presentable and solid overall
- Some previous repairs to underside and sills, carried out to high standard
- Slight surface rust to trailing edge of one sill
- Underside appears structurally sound
- Minilite-style alloy wheels
- Good chrome and trim all-round
- Some minor scuffs and marks all-round, commensurate with an older restoration, but nothing of any major concern
THE MECHANICS
- 1,798cc BMC/Leyland B-Series
- Four-speed manual gearbox
- Switchable overdrive of fourth and fourth
- Recent work included brake overhaul, new calipers, tune-up and exhaust manifold
- Vendor reports that the car starts and runs well and is extremely usable
SUMMARY
MGBs come in all conditions and guises and this one is the perfect example for everyday use. It’s a sound, usable and smart-looking example that’s cosmetically very good and perfectly up to the job of regular use, while the Webasto roof and comfortable velour upholstery make it a great all-year-round choice.
You could very easily use it as your daily driver, safe in the knowledge that the MGB is the easiest classic car of the lot to own and look after, with off-the-shelf parts availability and a whole network of specialists.
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